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To the fourth article hee saith that short … To the fourth article hee saith that shortly after their setting saile from<br />
Santa domingo (as hee heard severall of the companie say) they did in the night<br />
discover a fleete of shipps, and in particular the said John Moller the pretended<br />
Sopracargo confessed to this deponent, that they did upon the espying of them<br />
endeavour to [?recover] againe the port of Santa domingo, and then seeing themselves<br />
chaced by them , the said Moller as hee confessed to this deponent did then throw<br />
overboard the instructions, which hee brought with him from holland from<br />
such (as hee pretended) employed him, and this hee saith was the<br />
account hee gave this deponent when hee this deponent desired to see<br />
his instructions for the management of his affaires in the said voyage,<br />
and saith that severall of the said shipps company alsoe declared to this deponent that when<br />
the said shipps chaced them, they supposed them to be English, But that<br />
in the morning when it was light, they seeing them to be Spanish, stayed<br />
for them, and then then the said Juan Mexia de horera went aboard<br />
the Spanish Admirall, where hee was treated as a friend and after some<br />
time, permitted to proceed on his voyage, which this deponent verily beleeveth<br />
hee could not have donne, unlesse hee had given the Admirall good satisfaction<br />
that the said shipp ''Santa Maria'' was hired by and that her goods were belonging to<br />
the subjects of the King of Spaine, and further deposeth not.
To the fifth hee refereth himselfe to his forgoing deposition, and saith that<br />
from his owne experience (having formerly traded in those parts) the said<br />
Spanish Admirall durst not (as hee verily beleeveth) have letten the said<br />
shipp [?her gonne] free unlesse hee had bin very well satisfied of her<br />
being in Spanish imployment and her goods belonging to Spaniards, and<br />
further deposeth not.
To the sixth hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true.
Upon the third allegation of eight<br />
articles [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first and second articles hee saith that hee this deponent hath heard Captaine<br />
hannam arlate declare to the effect of this article, [?vegt]that hee met the<br />
said shipp the ''Santa Maria'' off the Cape ffinis terra in her outward bounde<br />
passage, and that the said Captaine van lymen declared to him that hee<br />
was bound to a dutch plantation in the west Indies, and not for any<br />
Spanish port, and saith that save after the said seizure of the<br />
''Mary'', the said Captaine hannam [?comes] aboard this deponents said frigot<br />
and finding the said John van lymen there they fell to speaking of their said<br />
meeting off the said Cape finis terra and of their discourse there, and Captaine hannam in this<br />
deponents presence and hearing asking the said van lymen if hee had bin as good<br />
as his word in bringing of him a chest of silver, the said van lymen told<br />
him that hee came too late, for then (as he said) hee had put out his silver<br />
above foure dayes before the ''ffairfax frigot'' be met with him; whereupon the<br />
said Captaine hannam replied and said to the said van lymen , well Captaine,<br />
you see that you are met with at last, though you thought you should not<br />
to which the said van lymen answered, I care not, I shall not loose much by it,<br />
I doe not feare my shipp, if the Merchants cannot cleare their goods, let them<br />
loose it, I have good services in holland for the hire of my shipp, or words<br />
to the same effect, with severall aboarde [?scorise the xxxx]with severall aboarde [?scorise the xxxx] +
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